Life-boat.



E. J. J. LEELOND. LIFE BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1912.

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LIFE BOAT.

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LIFE-BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1912. Serial No. 708,492.

To all whom it may concern Be it. known that I, EUGENE J. J. Lennon 1),a citizen of the Republic of France, and a resident of few York, countyand State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Lite-Boats, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact specification.

This invention relates to a class of boats or vessels which will notsink or capsize when in the water.

My invention has for its object primarily employed for saving thelives'o'f persons in event of emergent'rv on board of ships, or at waterresorts, but which may be used to permit boa ting to be enjoyed withabsolute safety, and wherein is employed safety devices or tloatsadapted to prevent the boat from sinking or capsizing when in the water.7

Another object of the invention is to provide means which serve topermit each. of the safety devices to be disposed so as to overlap theboat when'not in use, so that it may occupy as limited. a space aspossible when carried by steainships, sailing vessels, or the like.

Still another object of the invention is to provide forms of oarswhereby the boat when in the water may be propelled by persons unskilledin rowing; and a turt her object of the invention is to provide forms ofsafety devices which may be applied to boats of various shapes.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews, the said invention being more fully described hereinafter andthen pointed out in the appended claims.

p In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan, partly broken away, of oneform of life boat embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse view ofthe boat. showing the hull thereof in section. Fig. 3 is a trans versesection through the boat. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation, partly brokenaway, of two of the collapsible oars used in conjunction with the boat,and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of oneof the ends of the hull of theboat. The life boat 10 may have a hull 11 of Patented Mar. 4 1913.

any suitable shape or size, and which is adapted to be propelledby'mannally operated collapsible oars, l2, 13, 1 though the boat may bepropelled by any desired motive a ent and to n'cvcnt the hull from so av two of the floats 15 are employed, will be understood that anypretei'reo number of the floats may be used as required by the form andsize of lhe hull of the boat to which they 2 be applied. 7

Disposed laterally with relation to each side of the hull of the boatand at a suit-able dlstanre theretrvm is one oi the floats 15 so as tobalance the boat when in the water, as 7 shown in Fig". it of the floats15 are alike in formation, each having preferably v a substantiallyclong att-al triangular hollow body 16 and tapered ends 17 and 18, so asto offer practically no resistance when the boat is rowed in the waterThe hodv 16 of each of the floats may be made. of sheet metal, wood, orthe like wlna'eby it will be airtight and llll]lti'\ ions to water aswell as being light in weights in order to prevent one or all of thefloats from sinking in event of the wall of the bodvbeing acci- 86deutallv punctured the. interior thereof is divided into separate\vater-tight'and airtight chambers 17 h spacd partitions 18 which arearranged transversely of the bodv.

Each of the hull 1]. by brack '-,.as t), and it) one end of each ofwhich irigidlf held in proximity to the extreme. outer longitudinal edgeof each body of the floats, and the opposite end of each of saidbrackets is hinged, at 3 erably upon the top of the edge oi? the bull,in order to permit the floats to be adjusted so as to overlap, or bedisposed within'the hull, as illustrated in Fig. 3, whereby the. 1 boatwhen not in use inay occupy as limited 1 0 a space as possible,especially when carried upon steamships, or other vessels. By pro-vviding hinged brackets in this manner the floats 15 are swung outwardlyfrom the sides of the hull when it is desired to use the boat,

and each of the floats will then take the water similarly to the hull.The floats being air-tight and Water-tight will necessarily float nearlyupon the surface or the Water,-

and serving as a. means to limit the upward 119 floats l5 connected tothe 0.- pref- 5 movement of the floats for balancing the hullflof theboat particularly in comparaof the boat. and the other end of each chainis detachably connected by a h ok. catch. or

each of said blades also has a number of.

I apertured lugs which are spaced apart in a manner so that the lugswill interfit with each other as well as tit: between the lugs 3 1 and35 of the head 33, as illustrated. Upon the head and between the lugs 31and ithereof is a short projecting arm 38 also therwise to an aperturedplate. as 22. which 1 is provided upon each of the. brackets 19 and 19.Also for the purpose of adjusting 1 the hull of the boat and maintainingits bal tionally clinging together when said blades ance when in thewater, to each of the floats; 15 is pivoted the corresponding ends ofrods, or bars, 23 and 23. Each of the adjusting rods 23 and 23" is ofsuiiicient length to extend nearly across the boat when the floats areswung into the water, and the free end of each of said rods may be heldagainst movement by a rope, or cable 24 and 24 which is fastened to eachrod and to any suitable form of catch, as 25 and 25" pro vided upon theinterior of the hull of theboat. In order. to swing the floats 15 upon,

" or into the hull of the boat, the ropes 24 and 24? are detached fromthe catches 25 and"25, and by forcing the free end of each of theadjusting rods 23 and 23 downwardly toward the bottom of the interior ofthe boat the floats will be guided upwardly and upon the hull. Each ofthe rods 23 and 23 may then be moved so as to overlap in a longitudinaldirection the float to which it is pivoted and is removably held in thisposition by being guided under the free end of the arm of asubstantially L-shaped bracket 26 and 26 secured upon the top-of each ofthe floats.

In order to permit the life boat to be manually propelled when in thewater by either a'novice, or an expert, I preferably employ forms of thecollapsible oars, 12, 13, 14 Figs. 1 and 4. In the top edge of the hullof the boat, andin proximity to the stern and bow thereof are a numberof spaced notches, or grooves, 28 and 29, which serve as oarlocks, forreception of the collapsible oars. In the bow of the boat I prefer touse a pair of connected oars, and at the stern of the boat; I prefer toemploy two single oars so as to be adapted to guide the boatwhen thehull is not provided with a rudder. Each of the collapsible oars 12, 13,14 has an angular handle bar 30 which is substantially the shape of aninverted U, and extending laterally in opposite directions from the endof each arm of the handle bar is a supporting arm or shaft 31 which isadapted to rest in one of the oarlocks 28 and 29 when the oars areapplied to the hull. Extending downwardly from the supporting arm, orshaft 31 is a rod or bar 32 upon the free end of which is a head 33having corre' sponding apertured spaced lugs 34 and 35. Between the lugs34 and 35 are arranged the blades 36 and 37 of each of the oars, and

having an aperture therethrough, and which serves as a stop to preventthe blades 30 and 37 of each of the oars from contacting whereby theymay be prevented from sue collapse during the reverse movement of theoars when the boat is rowed. When the blades 36 and 37 are assembledupon the head 33 the parts are pivotally held together by a pin, as 39,which is passed through the apertures of the lugs and the stop of thehead as well as through the lugs of said blades, and to limit theinoven'ient of the blades when expanded in taking the water when theoars are pulled, upon the opposite side surface of the head 33 of eachoar is a laterally projecting stop, as 4-0 and 4-0.

In the foregoing description I have em bodied the preferred form of myinvention, but I do inot wish to be lllltitlHlOUd as limiting myselfthereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without de'iarting from the principle. or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis ii'lvention. therefore Ireservc to myself the right to make suchcl'iangcs as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a life-boat having a plurality of air-tightand-water-tight floats adjustably hinged to its sides and supported uponsuit able brackets, a plurality of cables each having one endpermanently secured to the underside of the boatand the opposite endthereof detachably secured to the bracket supporting the float wherebythe upward movement of the float may be limited, and means for securingthe ends of said cables to the sides of the boat when they are detachedfrom the said bracket whereby the floats may be elevated and folded inthe boat, a plurality of bars each having one end piv otally secured toone end of one of the floats on the top side thereof, said bars being ofsuch a length that the opposite end of each of the bars extends acrossthe boat to a point contiguous to the side of the boat, suitable catchprovided inside of the boat near the. bottom thereof for securing theend of each bar thereto. and means for securing the said bars to saidcatches whereby the downward movement of the floats may be adjustablylimited, and brackets provided upon the top of the floats adapted forsecuring the said bars in a position longitudinally of the said v floatsas required for folding the floats 2. In a life boat having a pluralityof 5 brackets hinged to the sides thereof and having aplurality ofair-tightand watertight floats secured to said brackets, a plurality ofcables, each having one end permanently secured to the underside of theboat and the opposite end detachably secured to one of the arms of saidbrackets, a plurality of spaced partitions disposed transversely Withinthe said floats whereby air-tight and water-tight compartments areprovided, a plurality of bars each having one end pivotally secured tothe to of one of said floats and its opposite en extending across theboat, a plurality of catches provided inside the boat, means forsecuring the end of one of each of said bars to one of said catcheswhereby the downward movement of the floats may be ad]ustably limited,said bars serving as means whereby the floats may be elevated from thewvater as required to fold them in the boat, and brackets provided uponthe toppf each ,of the floats for securing the bars in a po-- "sitionlongitudinally of the float when the H 6 floats are to be folded in theboat-, substan- 2 :tially as shown and described;

' as'In a life boat having'aplurality of airtight and water-tight floatsadjustably se cured to the boat by hinged brackets, said floats havingtapered ends and in cross-section conforming to a homologous circulartriangle, having a plurality of spaced partitions transversely disposedtherein where by a plurality of air-tight and, Water-tight compartmentsare provided Within the floats, in combination, a plurality of cableseach having one end detachably securedto the underside of the boat andits opposite end adapted to be detachably secured to the arm of thehinged bracket, a plate pro- .vided upon said bracket and having aplurality of spaced apertures adapted for engagement by said cableswhereby the cables may be secured thereto so as to adjustably limittheupivard movement of the float, means also provided upon the sides ofthe boat for detachably securing the cables when they are detached fromthe said brackets, a plurality of bars, each having one end pivotallysecured to the top of one of the floats at a suitable position theopposite end of each of said bars extending across the boat in proximityto the side thereof, a plurality of catches adapted for securing theends of the bars thereto, means for securing the ends of said bars tothesaid catches \vherebythe downward movement of the floats may beadjustably limited, said bars also serving to elevate the floats fromthe water as required to fold them in the boat, and brackets providedupon the top of the floats adapted for securing the bars in a positionlongitudinally of the floats when the floatsare folded, substantially asshown and described.

This specification signed and witnessed this eighth day of July A. D.1912.

EUGENE J. J. LEBLOND.

\Vitnesses i i M. DERMODY,

Rom. B. Anno'r'r.

